Hmm.., the bit where he says he guarantees she will be infertile afterward is quite fundie. Here in South Eastern Australia the taboo is pretty strong, yet the instrument is a pretty recent addition to the area (coming from the up north, where it's incredibly important ceremonially) and isn't considered properly ceremonially significant. Then again, I was taught to play by an aboriginal woman when I was a girl, so I don't know... I'm not entirely sure this is fundie, but I'm not sure it's not either.
Regardless, on a blog Mr Green posted this in reply to an entry about this topic.
http://blogs.news.com.au/adelaidenow/turkeyshoot/index.php/adelaidenow/comments/richard_green_responds/47544
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I never once cursed Nicole and i have been sadly misqouted through the press.
koori people have been informed over the past 100 years that the Yidaki is a mans instrument for varying reasons of cultrual lore and practise.
When koori people are corrected by the people from the north that woman are allowed to play the instrument we will respect the oral traditons.
As for Mrs Kidman i wish her and her family many young ones for the future.
Thanks for being sensitive, this is the only mail i have replied to considering i love S.A and enjoyed filming there.
Maybe i should have said
âoh if she plays a didge she may have a dozen childrenâ
would it have offended your sensitivities.
If i teach students that men and women have the same amount of ribs! Am i misoginist or speaking the truth?"
Off-topic, when I was a kid the same lady taught me to draw and paint in her particular style (probably because she considers us family) and encouraged us kids, along with hers to participate in her culture. After a while I stopped wearing the clothes she decorated for me and the jewellery we made together and the like because so many people would notice I'm white, and get in my face telling me how it was offensive to Aboriginal culture it was. Not a single one of those people were Aboriginal themselves.